<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>      Methinks that the connotation here in allowing dealers to acquire associate status is disparaging to a person who tunes and who is aspiring to registered status or does more than sell pianos.  I think dealers should have themselves named as different "rank" or tilte in the PTG.   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ju;ia</DIV> <DIV>Reading PA</DIV></BODY></HTML>